About this book

This book is about

This book is about creating a starting point for anyone interested in modern machining. “Introduction To Machining” encompasses what is being taught today in machining classes across America. This book’s focus is to provide the foundational knowledge necessary for employment in a modern machine shop.

The book will specifically guide people through:

• Practicing safety within a machine shop in accordance with current industry standards.
• Applying print reading, measurement techniques, and documentation needed to ensure accuracy.
• Choosing the appropriate tooling and workholding commonly used in the machining industry.
• Planning a sequence of operations for part manufacture.
• Demonstrating safe and accurate operation of industry equipment such as saws, drill presses, manual milling machines, manual lathes, and surface grinders at an entry level competency.
• Explaining why 3D visual perception, problem solving, and attention to detail are skills that are sought after by employers.

This book is for

This book is for anyone interested in a basic understanding of how parts are made using current machining technology. With ever growing advancements in technology, the manufacturing industry is becoming more complex, creating challenges for newcomers to the trade. To combat the complex nature of modern machining, this book will build a foundation for understanding more advanced topics.

Learning modern machining practices while applying safe and current industry standards is a common thread found throughout this book. The range of topics is designed to provide understanding in a linear process beginning with safety and ending with using modern milling machines and lathes to shape metal into finished parts.

This book is unique because

This book is unique because it is readily available, free to download, and shares the vocational and technical educational experiences of a diverse group of authors. Textbooks can be expensive, and one of the goals of this book is to provide quality, free information about modern machining to anyone interested in the topic.

The authors of this book are all from higher education institutions with machining programs using the most current equipment and practices to educate students. Educators create methods for delivering new information to students using current techniques and technology.

The foundational nature of this book will aid in preparing the student for more advanced machining topics, such as CNC manufacturing. The process starts with understanding the operations necessary to manufacture a part, beginning with the use of a bandsaw, all the way to making a finished part. Machining procedures will include drilling, tapping, reaming, thread cutting, hand grinding, surface grinding, and the use of modern cutting techniques used on the lathe and mill.

The techniques in this book are based on the combined experiences of seasoned machining educators, These techniques, along with videos, pictures, and drawings, provide a perspective unique to learning environments.

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